Recommended free IDE on windows

Recommended free IDE on windows

[Jano]

Hello,

I'm currently not bad using the regular windows explorer, a shell prompt 
for make/launching, and Vim as code editor.

However, I wonder if there is some environment which can improve my 
"coding experience". My only requisite is to be able to use vi-mode.

Thx.

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Jano
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Re: Recommended free IDE on windows

[Preben Randhol]

Jano wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm currently not bad using the regular windows explorer, a shell prompt 
> for make/launching, and Vim as code editor.

I use Vim too and here is a screenshot how it looks like when I code:

   http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/Vim/project-ada.png

(Picture is from Linux, but you can get the same behaviour in Windows)

> However, I wonder if there is some environment which can improve my 
> "coding experience". My only requisite is to be able to use vi-mode.

http://vim.sf.net is your friend.

I use these excellent scripts:

   http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=31
   http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=69
   http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=58
   http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=21


If you prefer a different IDE there is also:

   http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=95

but I like the project approch more.

Send me a mail if you want more hints/tips.

Preben

Re: Recommended free IDE on windows

[Stephen Leake]

Jano <nono@celes.unizar.es> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm currently not bad using the regular windows explorer, a shell prompt 
> for make/launching, and Vim as code editor.
> 
> However, I wonder if there is some environment which can improve my 
> "coding experience". My only requisite is to be able to use vi-mode.

Emacs is the most powerful IDE. It supports Ada directly, and has a vi
keybinding set. It takes a while to learn, but is well worth it.

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-- Stephe

Re: Recommended free IDE on windows

[Preben Randhol]

Stephen Leake wrote:
> Emacs is the most powerful IDE. It supports Ada directly, and has a vi
> keybinding set. It takes a while to learn, but is well worth it.

The vi(per) mode of Emacs cannot compete with Vim itself :-)

Preben

Re: Recommended free IDE on windows

[Jano]

Preben Randhol dice...
> Stephen Leake wrote:
> > Emacs is the most powerful IDE. It supports Ada directly, and has a vi
> > keybinding set. It takes a while to learn, but is well worth it.
> 
> The vi(per) mode of Emacs cannot compete with Vim itself :-)

Many thanks both of you. I didn't knew Vim could do these things, I'll 
try.

I'm also willing to try Emacs, but I need a bit more of spare time (my 
few experiences with Emacs, years ago, were painful...)

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